Bears hire a director of analytics
The Bears added a layer of technological know-how to their football staff, hiring Mitchell Tanney as the team’s director of analytics. Tanney, who has been the manager of football products for STATS LLC in recent years, will work with the front office and coaches on “player evaluation concepts and game situation principles,” according to a…
Trading or cutting Hester would be easy, cheap for Bears
If Devin Hester is “competing” to be the primary return man for the Bears, there’s a chance he’ll lose the competition. Which means there’s a chance he’ll lose his job. If the Bears decide to make a change, it would be simple to accomplish for a cap standpoint. Hester is in the final year of…
Mike Tice hoping to get another chance to coach in the NFL
When Mike Tice was fired along with the rest of the Bears’ coaching staff at the end of last season, he hoped to catch on with another NFL team. But Tice, the former Vikings head coach who has spent his entire life around football, couldn’t find any takers. Tice told the St. Paul Pioneer Press…
Hester could be jettisoned by Bears
Long-time Bears return specialist Devin Hester at one point sounded like a guy who was ready to leave Chicago. More recently, he has sounded like a guy who is ready to stay. And so the question becomes whether the team is ready to keep him. As our pal John Mullin of CSNChicago.com explains it, coach…
Trestman tries to speed up Cutler’s release
Sure, plenty of Jay Cutler’s 148 sacks during his time in Chicago have arisen from less-than-stellar blocking. But Cutler could have helped himself by getting rid of the ball more quickly. New coach Marc Trestman hopes to make that happen. As explained by Jeff Dickerson of ESPNChicago.com, Trestman has been using a “verbal running clock”…
